Melton Truck Lines

This your first gig?

 

Lets be honest, trucking has become a slave wage industry. The big companies dominate cheap freight. Therefore they need cheap labor.

Loads are getting shorter, weekly pay is about the same for drivers today as it was 20 years ago, 800 to 950 per week (((why))). And 800 / 950 dollars a week today buys half what it did 20 years ago....

We should see co drivers average 1200 to 1400 $ per week, but no, the elogs ruined it....now drivers are put on a short leash to keep them from running into log related problems.

Time think about owning a truck and getting your own authority,

@DustyRoad

 

E-logs haven't ruined anything dot dot dot it's the idiocy in the NFL bility by the not only these drivers coming into this industry but these new rookie dispatchers as well... Nobody has any Common Sense anymore how to operate doesn't take a rocket scientist

 

How did E-Logs ruin it?

 

So its still the same company after 2+years you've been there.(2014 Melton thread)

Wish I would have found the Melton driver parked at the J today while we were at lunch n got his story as I'm looking into flatbed work. oh well.

 

It's Just my opinion! Based on using paper logs for 10 years and E-logs for several years ( 4 ) then went back to paper logs at a smaller company and I found the flexibility I often missed when strapped down by a computerized time-keeper with truck sensors.

The issue for me was E-longs don't account for is the mental and physical condition of the driver. It can not know if I am tired, rested, alert or fatigued. When the men in the office see a driver with hours of service available, they have no clue of the driver's actual condition. I was told once, if you call in and report you are tired, then we will give a 10 hr break.....but that if it happens twice, we have to terminate you ( Heartland Express, Liberty Iowa)

Once I got back on Paper Logs.....I was back in command! Life was much more relaxed and productive.

 

I agree...the way I look it..if the idiot behind the wheel doesn't have enough sense to know when to shut it down because of being tired...then it's obvious that they're just plain too stupid to drive...it also goes for the desk jockeys as well...just because a computer says so don't make it right or even legitimately logical to perform the act...

 

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Thanx for the Post my friend. These guys always try to get me to come over to them, but they can't afford me -experience wise. I'll sum these clowns up there with Swift, Ozark, Wylie, & others

 

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If your looking for Flatbed work- I'm not sure about CRST, I'd ask around before jumping into bed w/ them. But definitely avoid Swift, EW Wylie, PTL, & Falcon. Just a heads up